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Henry Mathews, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 67
Date of admission: 8 Aug 1854
Date of death: 8 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood into subarachnoid tissues of brain & into lateral ventricles. Diseased valves of the heart
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Brain); Disease (Heart)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This patient was brought to the hospital about 2.45pm having been found in the watercloset in a perfectly unconscious state an hour previously. His breathing was thick, & attended with puffing of the cheeks during each expiration. He was twice sick. He never recovered from his comatose state & died in about 4 hours’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Elizabeth Page, 24, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Sep 1853
Date of death: 5 Oct 1853
Disease (transcribed): Effusion of fluid in the ventricles. Extravasation of blood in the pons. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Effusion (Brain); Extravasation (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This patient when first seen was in a curious half conscious condition.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Jane Grant, 22, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jun 1860
Date of death: 20 Jul 1860
Disease (transcribed): Exhaustion after puerperal mania
Disease (standardised): Postpartum depression (Brain); Exhaustion
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This girl, who was unmarried, was delivered of a dead child in Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, 11 days previous to her admission here. She soon afterwards became delirious and attempted to destroy herself by cutting her throat with a common dinner knife’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: Suicide

Alfred Bevan, n/a, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: n/a
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Sep 1851
Date of death: 12 Oct 1851
Disease (transcribed): Death by coma & delirium. Jaundice. Almost universal destruction of the true texture of the liver accompanied by the deposition of much fat
Disease (standardised): Coma (Systemic); Delirium (Nervous system); Jaundice (Skin); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William and Bence Jones, Henry
Medical notes: 'This lad stated that his illness was only of a week’s duration, during which he had suffered from sickness & pain at the pit of the stomach and his skin had been of a yellow hue, his water had been of a darker colour than usual, he believed as long as a fortnight’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Mary Anne Berry, 19, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Oct 1846
Date of death: 15 Oct 1846
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Congestion of the brain. Congestion and slight oedema of lungs. Blood fluid. Considerable ulceration of small and large intestines and enlarged mesenteric glands.
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Congestion (Brain); Congestion (Lung); Oedema (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Enlarged (Mesenteric gland)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted labouring under symptoms of fever, with ulceration of the bowels.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Clarissa Gould, 63, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 63
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1859
Date of death: 7 Oct 1859
Disease (transcribed): Serous apoplexy (?)
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: Her daughter stated that she had had good health, excepting an occasional attack of rheumatic gout, until four months ago when she began to complain of pains in the head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Margaret Allen, 20, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Oct 1846
Date of death: 3 Nov 1846
Disease (transcribed): Congested brain. Slight extravasation of blood external to theca spinalis. Acute pleuritis and pneumonia with extensive extravasation of blood into pleuritic cavity. Abscess of lung. Blood fluid.
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain ); Extravasation (Spine); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Extravasation (Pleural cavity); Abscess (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient stated that she had enjoyed good health up to the last week in September, when after some severe rigors, severe headache ensued and pains affecting all her limbs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal cord, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

George Douglas, Hatter

Occupation or role: Hatter
Gender: Male
Age: 35
Date of admission: 8 Jun 1854
Date of death: 3 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Adherent pericardium. Purulent fluid in pleural sac
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Adherent (Pericardium); Suppuration (Pleura)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A very intemperate man, a hatter by trade. Brought in one afternoon suffering from delirium tremens. He had been constantly drunk for 3 weeks
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Mary Stevens, 54, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Nov 1846
Date of death: 10 Nov 1846
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood into the subarachnoid cellular tissue. Serum in ventricles with softening of their walls. Old pleuritic adhesions. Congestion and oedema of lungs. Enlarged heart with atheromatous deposits. Enlarged liver. Congested kidneys. Prolapsus vagina and cuticular condition of the mucous membrane of vagina
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Brain ); Disease (Brain); Congestion (Lung); Oedema (Lung); Disease (Heart); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries);Disease (Liver) ; Prolapse (Vagina)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in a semicomatose state, having been taken with a fit of an epileptico-apoplectic character a short time previously.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Hugh Stanton, 30, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Nov 1853
Date of death: 24 Nov 1853
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Brain with many puncta on section
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Puncta (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This patient was admitted complaining of intense pain of the head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Julia Turner, 15, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Oct 1848
Date of death: 28 Nov 1848
Disease (transcribed): Albuminuria. Facial paralysis
Disease (standardised): Albuminuria (Kidney); Paralysis (Central nervous system)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles
Medical notes: This girl was stated by her mother to have been ailing for eight months. Her illness began with swelling of the joints.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

William Tierney, 42, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Oct 1858
Date of death: 9 Oct 1858
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Phthisis. Strumous disease of supra-renal bodies
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with all the symptoms of delirium tremens, but his friends asserted that he had been ‘lightheaded’ for two months. This was all that could be ascertained of his previous history. When first seen he answered rationally though with hesitation. His memory was defective & he had a hurried, fidgety manner with tremors & jerking’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Alexander Fraser, 7, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jan 1858
Date of death: 28 Jan 1858
Disease (transcribed): Epilepsy. Albuminuria
Disease (standardised): Epilepsy (Brain); Albuminuria (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined the case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined'

Type of incident: n/a

William Thomson, 15, Farm labourer

Occupation or role: Farm labourer
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Sep 1858
Date of death: 28 Oct 1858
Disease (transcribed): Hydrocephalus interim. Ecchymosis in spinal canal
Disease (standardised): Hydrocephalus (Brain); Ecchymosis (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry and Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A farm labourer who had suffered for a twelvemonth from pain in the head which was increased by working in the sun. Six months later it became so bad & was accompanied with such frequent vomiting that he went under medical care & was leeched & blistered. This treatment did him some good for a time. When he came to the hospital there was tenderness all down the spine & partial paralysis of the lower limbs’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal cord, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Grieve, 62, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Aug 1856
Date of death: 19 Nov 1856
Disease (transcribed): Fits. Softening of the Brain
Disease (standardised): Seizures (Brain); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: Nothing could be ascertained respecting this man except that eight days before his admission he had a fit in which he lost consciousness, and on recovering he was found paralysed on the left side and unable to articulate.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Stokes, 34, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Dec 1853
Date of death: 27 Dec 1853
Disease (transcribed): Epileptic attacks. Peculiar cyst on surface of the brain producing atrophy of convolutions
Disease (standardised): Epilepsy (Brain); Cysts (Brain); Atrophy (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: A person of rather diminutive size who stated that she had been suffering five or six months from fits of some sort in which she stated that she was entirely unconscious.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Richard Mills, 65, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jun 1857
Date of death: 30 Nov 1857
Disease (transcribed): Chronic (white) softening of brain and spinal cord
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain); Softening (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This man had been blind for thirteen years and was in a feeble and emaciated condition on admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Richard Collins, 45, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Oct 1850
Date of death: 10 Feb 1851
Disease (transcribed): Hemiplegia. Softening of brain. Occlusion of arteries at base of the brain
Disease (standardised): Hemiplegia (Brain); Softening (Brain); Occlusion (Brain)

Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'Stated to have been previously in the enjoyment of good health, stout & well-made: he suffered from toothache for which two teeth were drawn, on the 19th and almost ever since the paralysis had been coming on. He had had no fit or loss of consciousness but was on admission unable to move the right arm or leg’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Ann Amess, 21, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1850
Date of death: 3 Feb 1850
Disease (transcribed): Acute Rheumatism. Delirium
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic diseases (Tissues); Delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient stated that she had first taken ill on the 17th and had been under medical care since the 19th suffering from Rheumatic Fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, pelvis and lower extremities
Type of incident: n/a

William Vinson, 33, Cab driver

Occupation or role: Cab driver
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Nov 1858
Date of death: 9 Dec 1858
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Cirrhosis. Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A cab driver who had been ill three weeks. His habits were very intemperate & in May last he had an attack of delirium tremens. He attributed his present illness to cold; having been exposed to the rain for 16 hours. For three weeks he had been troubled with vomiting after meals’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Richard Herbert, 48, Tinman

Occupation or role: Tinman
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Nov 1860
Date of death: 6 Nov 1860
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship and Jones, ?
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A tinman. A short time before admission, while at work, he was seized with pain in the head which caused him to exclaim, this was accompanied with tremblings of the limbs and immediately followed by total loss of consciousness’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Mary Rafferty, 14, Schoolgirl

Occupation or role: Schoolgirl
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Jan 1862
Date of death: 29 Jan 1862
Disease (transcribed): Meningitis
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient was brought into the hospital only partially conscious lying as one asleep.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

William Taylor, 28, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1857
Date of death: 31 Dec 1857
Disease (transcribed): Pleuro-pneumonia. Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Lung); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: Those who saw this patient alive stated that he was not only suffering from thoracic disease but also from what appeared to be delirium tremens.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Anne Marshall, 60, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Sep 1860
Date of death: 24 Nov 1860
Disease (transcribed): General paralysis. Effusion in spinal canal
Disease (standardised): Paralysis (Brain); Effusion (Spinal canal)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was sent to the dissecting room, unexamined’

Type of incident: n/a

Mary Worsfold, 17, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Nov 1855
Date of death: 28 Nov 1855
Disease (transcribed): Chorea
Disease (standardised): Chorea (Central Nervous System)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: Five or six days before admission this girl experienced slight jerkings in her limbs which gradually increased in frequency and severity.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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